People group profile · PG050410
The Lumun of Sudan
The Lumun of Sudan, numbering about 15,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Sudan.
They are an indigenous people in the Nuba Mountains people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Lumun.
Fast facts
- Country
- Sudan
- Population
- 15,500
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Nuba Mountains
- Primary language
- Lumun (lmd)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lumun are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Lumun
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
Primary language
Lumun · Narrow Talodi family
70% speak Lumun
Gospel resources in Lumun
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Lumun)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lumun
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.